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<blockquote data-quote="rk" data-source="post: 218656" data-attributes="member: 2993"><p>I'm for it, as the least of all evils. We must have consumer confidence in our product, both domestic and internationally. I deal with alot of producers, and while most are great, some of the things I see done I would not want to participate in, especially as a consumer of beef. Many feel like "it's my cattle, so it's none of anyone else's business". They are forgetting they are producing a food product for the consumer and participating in the food chain. They have a responsibility to make it safe. There is also the issue of communicable diseases, namely fmd. Traceback will help minimize the effects, both on the number of livestock to quarantine/destroy and also on the market. </p><p>As for BSE testing, it makes sense, but not w/o traceback. With the few animals in the U.S. so far, there has always been the question of how did it contract the disease. ID/traceback is the only practical way to determine the cause, and determining the cause is the only way to prevent future occurances.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rk, post: 218656, member: 2993"] I'm for it, as the least of all evils. We must have consumer confidence in our product, both domestic and internationally. I deal with alot of producers, and while most are great, some of the things I see done I would not want to participate in, especially as a consumer of beef. Many feel like "it's my cattle, so it's none of anyone else's business". They are forgetting they are producing a food product for the consumer and participating in the food chain. They have a responsibility to make it safe. There is also the issue of communicable diseases, namely fmd. Traceback will help minimize the effects, both on the number of livestock to quarantine/destroy and also on the market. As for BSE testing, it makes sense, but not w/o traceback. With the few animals in the U.S. so far, there has always been the question of how did it contract the disease. ID/traceback is the only practical way to determine the cause, and determining the cause is the only way to prevent future occurances. [/QUOTE]
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